jamming a finger; stubbing a toe; spraining a finger (toe)
Watanabe Shin'ichirō (1934-)
Empress Gemmei; Gemmei Tenno (661-721 CE, reigning: 707-715 CE)
Empress Jitou; Jitou Tenno (645-702 CE, reigning: 690-697 CE)
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
Emperor Shoumu; Shoumu Tenno (701-756 CE, reigning: 724-749 CE)
Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
difficult to write or draw; does not write well (pen, brush, etc.)
technical high school; industrial high school
rate of advancement to the next higher level of education
shaving; planing; cutting; shavings; flakes
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
job hunting; job searching
live coverage; on-the-spot telecast
to refuse; to decline; to deny
rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
continuing one's education into university
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
sabot; wooden shoe; work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
trivial; not amounting to much
memory-making; making memories
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation
manned; occupied; piloted
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews)
dramatic role for child; child actor
clearing one's throat; cough
price reduction; discount